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An opposition lawmaker in South Korea criticized the government for failing to certify that the Taurus cruise missile works on the F-15K before signing a $450 million contract in 2013 to buy the weapon.
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Australia has carried out its first operational mission in Syria using two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18A Hornets. The mission occurred overnight on Sept. 12.
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A Royal Saudi Air Force helicopter crashed on Sept. 13 in Taif during a training flight. The pilot was killed. It was not known if there were others on board the rotocraft.
A French official said that if Egypt was to take off the two Mistral carriers previously ordered by Russia, Moscow is willing to allow Cairo to keep the equipment it had installed on those ships.
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The British Ministry of Defense has said that the BAE Systems Taranis will make its third and possibly final round of tests this year.
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